Return to 1946 to 1999

Training Cutters

The Coast Guard has used a variety of cutter types for training
Some were retired operational cutters
Others were acquired from the Navy
Curlew was carried over from the war
Eagle was acquired from Germany as a war prize

125 “Buck-and-a-Quarter” Medium Endurance Cutter
Part of a massive expansion by ADM Frederick Billard
Commissioned as Second Class Cruising Cutters without hull numbers
Hull numbers were assigned in 1939, reclassified as Subchasers
Numbers were assigned alphabetically, not by date of commission
Active was the lead ship and was assigned the lowest hull number
The 125s were officially referred to as the Active Class
Reclassified as Coastal Patrol Boats after the war
Reclassified as Medium Endurance Cutters in 1967
Morris was the last operational 125 – decommissioned in 1970
Cuyahoga was an OCS training cutter until 1978
Model: Yes

Designation Name Class Hull Service Pictures Model
USCGC Cuyahoga WMEC
WIX
157 1927 – 1978 Typical operations until 1957
1957 to 1959 – Training cutter in New London
1959 – Transferred to Yorktown as OCS training cutter
20 October 1978: Lost in a collision with Santa Cruz II
CGH

65’ Schooner
Donated to the Coast Guard on 31 Jan 1940
Used as an Academy training ship
1951: transferred to TRACEN Cape May
Used in boot camp training
Model: No

Designation Name Class Hull Service Comments Pictures
USCGC Curlew CG 65016 1940 – 1960 Link

295’ Barque Eagle
Built in 1936 and named Horst Wessel
a storm trooper who wrote the Nazi party anthem
and died fighting German Communists in 1930
Training ship in the German Navy
Seized as a war prize in 1946
Commissioned into the Coast Guard as the Academy training cutter
Only sailing vessel in commissioned US service
America’s Tall Ship
Model: Yes>

Designation Name Class Hull Service Comments Pictures
USCGC Eagle (ex SNS Horst Wessel) WIX 327 1946 – Active CGH

184′ PCE Class
Commissioned in the Navy as 1945
Training ship from 1950 to 1964
Turned over to the Coast Guard in 1964
Used for Reserve training in Monterey
Model: Yes

Designation Name Class Hull Service Comments Pictures
USCGC Lamar WTR 899 1964 – 1969

221′ Auk Class Mine Sweeper
Commissioned into the Navy in 1945
Performed mine sweeping operations until 1963
Transferred to the Coast Guard in 1963
Used for Reserve training at Yorktown
Model: No

Designation Name Class Class Hull Service Comments Pictures
USCGC Tanager (ex USS Tanager) 221 Auk Class Minesweeper AM/MSF
WTR
385/385
885
1964 – 1972 CGH